Senior Associate FX Trading South Africa

Our client is a key player in the Fintech Space. They have built a trusted payment infrastructure that allows consumers and businesses to make and receive payments conveniently and border less. They are currently looking to hire a Senior Associate FX Trading in South Africa & Kenya.

Job Overview

As a Senior Associate FX Trading your primary responsibility will be to build and develop a trading strategy for all our clients major currencies in Africa & Europe. Additionally deal structuring would be involved to service our concierge merchants as well as pricing for our products (i.e remittance and others).

Job Responsibilities

Support the trading of frontier and emerging market currencies.

Closely monitor and manage liquidity across currencies to support the business.

Support the Structuring of treasury deals for large merchants globally.

Support the establishment of pricing rules for new products as required.

Support the development of a risk framework for FX risk.

Produce market updates and analytical content.

Establish strong working partnerships internally and externally with key stakeholders.

Generate analytics on trading activities and report periodically.

Maintain knowledge of financial markets and regulatory updates

Ensures compliance with all banking laws rules regulations and prescribed policies/practices/procedures necessary to reduce risk and uphold ethical standards.

Continuous evaluation of current processes vis vis best industry practices

Requirements

4 years post graduate experience in banking/treasury/payments/fintech.

A minimum of a Bachelors degree in a business or finance related field.

Experience & understanding of international payments banking systems Crypto on/off ramp.

Good understanding of the EM and G10 FX trading operations and local regulations.

Proficiency in Excel and relevant tools.

Experience or familiarity with all or some of Emerging Markets FX and remittances a plus.

Excellent Financial analytical strategic planning and execution skills

High Level attention to details.

Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet set deadlines.

Excellent interpersonal presentation skills and communication skills.

Work goaloriented based on minimum supervision.

High sense of responsibility accountability integrity and ethical standards.

Bachelor s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field. Proven experience as a Digital Marketer, preferably in the blockchain or tech industry. In-depth knowledge of digital marketing strategies, including SEO, SEM, social media, content marketing, and email marketing. Strong understanding of blockchain technology and its applications. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency in using digital marketing tools and platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, SEMrush, Hootsuite, Mailchimp). Ability to analyze data and derive actionable insights. Creative thinker with a strategic mindset and a results-driven approach. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.